Task 1. Read the text and  answer the questions King Arthur and his knights are the most famous characters from British history. They are well-known all over the world. There are poems, painting, novels, films and musicals about the knights of the Round Table. Even a Disney cartoon about King Arthur, “The Sword in the Stone”, was produced. Nowadays he has become the symbol of courage, strength and goodness.

The story about King Arthur and his knights is very old. They say that there was a king in Britain between the years of 400 and 600. He fought the Saxons successfully and perhaps he was Arthur. It is quite possible that he lived in Wales or in the west of England.

There are many legends about him and few facts. Many poems were written about them in the Middle Ages and later. Not every book about King Arthur and his knights has the same people and stories in it. Writers tried to make the stories more interesting and more exciting. 

1.What kind of characters are the King Arthur and his knights?

2.What do the people in England think about King Arthur and his knights?

3.What is the story about them?

4.What do the writers tried to do today? (ответ  написать)

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